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Founder of Once-Popular Torrent Site Jailed for Piracy

Jan 8, 2019 / News /

BT Tiantang hosted thousands of pirated films and TV series, leading to its owner’s arrest in September 2016. Read More

Headlines from China: 31 Film & TV Works on China’s Priority Copyright Protection List

Dec 19, 2017 / Headlines From China /

China’s National Copyright Administration published a brand new list of 23 films, 4 TV shows, and 4 animation and comic works whose copyrights will be strongly enforced. Read More

Filmmaker’s Fracas with School Highlights Copyright Concerns

May 24, 2017 / Legal /

Whose movie is it, anyway? Read More

Copyright Protection in China – It’s Real, and It’s Spectacular

May 22, 2017 / Legal /

An article in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, How a Plague on the Movie and Music Industries Became Their Chief Protector in China: Chinese search giant Baidu’s transition to creator and buyer of content has changed its priorities, sums up the change that is happening with China IP protection and enforcement. Read More

China Copyright: What is a Work for Hire, and Why You Should Care

May 16, 2017 / Legal /

Creative works outsourced to China are protected by copyright, but not always in a way companies expect. And because so much work in China occurs without a legally enforceable contract, once companies realize their IP portfolio is not nearly as robust as they thought, it’s often too late to do anything about it. Read More

Electronic Frontier Foundation Warns on New China Censorship Tool

May 3, 2017 / News /